Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Rosette Frosting
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
It ranks #3 of 51 for richness among the vanilla cake recipes we compared. 32 cooks on www.errenskitchen.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 51.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 248% | 88% |
| total sugar | 778% | 181% |
| egg | 42% | 54% |
| leavener | 1% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 294% | 86% |
| dairy | 294% | 84% |
| chocolate | 292% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 142 g | 10 tablespoons butter ((about 2/3 cups)) |
| 267 g | 1 1/3 cups sugar |
| 100 g | 2 eggs (at room temperature) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 245 g | 1 cup buttermilk (at room temperature) |
| 680 g | 24 ounces dark chocolate (roughly chopped) |
| 454 g | 1 lb butter |
| 460 g | 2 cup sour cream |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon vanilla extract |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 21 g | 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted) |
| 1600 g | 8 cups confectioners sugar (plus more as needed) |
Method: 12 steps, published by www.errenskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Rosette Frosting is absolutely delicious! The vanilla cake is moist and fluffy, with a lovely hint of vanilla flavor that is perfectly complemented by the rich and creamy chocolate frosting. The frosting is a showstopper - the ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Thank you so much for this delicious recipe, Erren! I made it for my boyfriend's birthday and he loved it! It's definitely a decadent cake that turned out beautiful!” — a cook, 5.0★